CVE-2000-0440
NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a packet with an unaligned IP timestamp option.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
NetBSD 1.4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a packet with an unaligned IP timestamp option.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.24% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 May 2000
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd · netbsd/netbsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-002.txt.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1173
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-002.txt.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0088.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1173
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.